by Rob | May 16, 2018 | News
Why does it take solicitors SO long to do what most people think should be a straightforward process.
by Rob | May 16, 2018 | News
Two cases where genuine purchasers bought properties through estate agents from fraudulent vendors have now had judgment handed down by the Court of Appeal.
by Rob | May 16, 2018 | News
There was disagreement amongst the judges on the conclusion of the Dreamvar appeal regarding the relief sought by MdR under s.61 of the Trustee Act 1925.
by Rob | May 16, 2018 | News
Conveyancers are facing higher professional indemnity insurance costs – and their clients higher fees as a result – due to yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling in Dreamvar, experts have predicted.
by Rob | May 16, 2018 | News
Small and mid-sized law firms need to accept that lower levels of profitability are becoming the “new normal”, it was claimed.
by Rob | May 15, 2018 | News
Solicitors representing fraudulent property vendors should share responsibility along with those representing the duped buyers for any resulting losses, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a widely awaited decision.
by Rob | May 15, 2018 | News
The decision from the Court of Appeal on the Dreamvar (UK) Limited v Mishcon de Reya and P&P Property Limited v Owen White & Catlin LLP cases are expected to be handed down today.
by Rob | May 15, 2018 | News
Business email attacks to conduct conveyancing fraud are one of the top major fraud threats facing UK businesses.
by Rob | May 15, 2018 | News
The Notaries Society is calling on the profession’s regulator, the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to abandon its oversight of the “extremely high risk” activities of probate and conveyancing given the cost needed to do it properly.
by Rob | May 14, 2018 | News
One in five sellers suffer a fall-through costing them an average £2,700 – but many lose £5,000 or more.
by Rob | May 14, 2018 | News
The Court of Appeal is due to give judgment tomorrow in Dreamvar (UK) Limited v Mishcon de Reya and P&P Property Limited v Owen White & Catlin LLP.
by Rob | May 11, 2018 | News
A US-based private equity firm Silver Lake Management Company has agreed to buy ZPG for £2.2bn.
by Rob | May 11, 2018 | News
Sources say that on-off talks about merging online agents Emoov and Tepilo are likely to result in a deal very shortly.
by Rob | May 10, 2018 | News
A new major listed estate agency worth at least £100m is planned to be built, created from individual agents put together to form a large single group. The plan is to float the combined business within two years.
by Rob | May 9, 2018 | News
Several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction chains are generally getting slower and more complicated.
by Rob | May 9, 2018 | News
Law Society vice president Christina Blacklaws said: “Ad hoc regulation is no regulation at all.”
by Rob | May 8, 2018 | News
This was the message relayed by Matt Prior during Wednesday’s Bold Legal Group Modern Law Conveyancing Conference, discussing the Government response to the industry consultation.
by Rob | May 7, 2018 | News
“Only pioneers get scalped” and this has been true of investors who (reading the hype surrounding Bitcoin) have invested monies in the next big thing only to lose some, if not all of their investments.
by Rob | May 4, 2018 | News
A leasehold reform campaigner has called on the government to ensure it publishes its report on leasehold reform before the summer recess at the end of July, as promised.
by Rob | May 4, 2018 | News
A partner has been fined £10,000 plus £28,000 costs for being “sloppy, lazy and careless” when acting in conveyances on the instructions of a third party without confirming them with the clients or conducting due diligence on the clients or transaction...
